#8BC16E#8BC16E
#8BC16E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8BC16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 193, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(99, 40%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(99, 43%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(28%, 0%, 43%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.73, -32.70, 36.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.73, 48.79, 132.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.36% -0.0897 0.0885) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.36% 0.126 135.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.5311, 44.7536, 21.6732) |
| Luminance | 0.4476 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 1.43
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 4.70
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.81
Soft Green
#6FC276
ΔE00 4.99
Lichen
#8FB67B
ΔE00 5.10
Sage Green (survey)
#88B378
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8BC16E #A46EC1
analogous
#B5C16E #8BC16E #6EC17B
triadic
#8BC16E #6E8BC1 #C16E8B
tetradic
#8BC16E #6EB5C1 #A46EC1 #C17B6E
square
#8BC16E #6EB5C1 #A46EC1 #C17B6E
split-complementary
#8BC16E #7B6EC1 #C16EB5
monochromatic
#4F7F36 #6AA948 #8BC16E #ADD399 #D0E6C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#8BC16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.95
#8BC16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8BC16E
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8BC16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8BC16E | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.95 | 9.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B568
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB173
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8ABBAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8bc16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 193, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 135.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#afd499',
500: '#8bc16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8bc16e; $custom-light: #afd499; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8bc16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 193,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 99.036,
"s": 40.097,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75356,
"c": 0.126,
"h": 135.4
},
"luminance": 0.44755
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8BC16E
secondary
#CAB5D6
accent
#58D0A6
background
#FAFDF9
surface
#F5FAF2
border
#CFD3CC
text
#10140E
muted
#7F837E